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1.nounA roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
2.nounAs much as is held by a bowl."You can’t have any more soup – you’ve had three bowls already."
3.nounA dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl."This restaurant offers a number of different bowls."
4.nounA haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
5.nounThe round hollow part of anything."Direct the cleaning fluid around the toilet bowl and under the rim."
6.nounA round crater (or similar) in the ground.
7.nounAn elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
8.nounA postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)
9.nounThe ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
10.nounThe action of bowling a ball.
11.noun(in the plural, but used with a singular verb) The game of bowls.
12.verbTo roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
13.verbTo throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
14.verbTo roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels."We were bowled rapidly along the road."
15.verbTo pelt or strike with anything rolled.
16.nounA precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.
17.nounA ball used in the game of bowls